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Design Classics: Vitsoe 620 chair

“Less, but better” is the slogan of veteran designer Dieter Rams, responsible for many classic Braun electric products and the timeless 606 shelving system. Now Vitsoe, makers of that system, have relaunched Rams’s sumptuously minimal chairs from 1962.

Straightforwardly elegant, with polished white glass-fibre reinforced plastic frames, the chairs are designed to be adaptable. A low-back version can have a high back added, or two can combine to make a sofa. Castor or swivel bases are available, and nine colours of soft leather.

With prices starting at £2,305, these are anything but mass-produced items. In truth, they are as much a work of art as of design. Knowing Rams, you can be sure of two things: they will last a long time and never go out of style.